Are older patients with solitary spinal metastases fit for total en-bloc surgery?

Peng Liu,Libo Jiang,Yun Liang,Houlei Wang,Hao Zhou,Xilei Li,Hong Lin,Xiaogang Zhou,Jian Dong

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery（2018）

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Abstract

•Older patients are still good candidates to receive TES to cure solitary SM after strict selection.•Older patients can obtain similar survival and recurrence rates as younger patients.•Although older patients are at increased risk of perioperative complications, this does not lead to serious adverse outcomes.

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Key words

Spinal metastases,En-bloc spondylectomy,Older patients,Survival analysis,Kaplan-Meier

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